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( 22 ) Filed : Oct. 12 , 2014 (Continued ) Pri Primary Examiner - Kevin Bates (65 ) Prior Publication Data Assistant Examiner — Nazia Naoreen US 2015 /0334044 A1 Nov . 19, 2015 ( 74 ) Attorney , Agent, or Firm — Jeffrey I. Auerbach ; AuerbachSchrot LLC Related U . S . Application Data (60 ) Provisional application No. 62/ 000 ,015 , filed on May (57 ) ABSTRACT 19 , 2014 . The invention concerns computer systems that are specially adapted to propagate content over a dynamic network , (51 ) Int. Cl. substantially in real time, by virtue of the locational prox H04L 12 /911 (2013 . 01) imity of network joined client computers . Preferably, the G06F 1730 ( 2006 .01 ) content will also be proximity -weighted , and more prefer ably also rank -weighted , topic -weighted , time -weighted , (Continued ) query - weighted , vote -weighted , and / or location - weighted . ( 52 ) U . S . CI. The invention particularly concerns such computer systems CPC .. 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